Hearsing...?
Mon, 16 June 2003, 09:29 amcrgwllms6 posts in thread
Hearsing...?
Mon, 16 June 2003, 09:29 amIn my recent conversation with Tomas, I equated "the process" as being what we call "rehearsal"... and now I want someone to explain this word 'rehearse'..?
I understand the "re" prefix, as in we repeat things and re-do them and revise them....but what is it we're re-doing? Is the initial walk through of a play called a 'hearse'?
Is that anything to do with 'corpsing'?
....spiralling down my own rabbit hole of this crazy language we try to communicate in...
Craig
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I understand the "re" prefix, as in we repeat things and re-do them and revise them....but what is it we're re-doing? Is the initial walk through of a play called a 'hearse'?
Is that anything to do with 'corpsing'?
....spiralling down my own rabbit hole of this crazy language we try to communicate in...
Craig
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Re: Hearsing...?
Mon, 16 June 2003, 11:22 amEtymology: Middle English rehersen, from Middle French rehercier, literally, to harrow again, from re- + hercier to harrow, from herce harrow
Harrow was a term used to describe a process of tilling the earth and the equipment that did the work. The French word sounded very similar to Hearse of English.
The Term REHERCE means litterally to re-harrow. Figuratively speaking, it means to cover the same ground.
Jeff "Dug in" Watkins
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Harrow was a term used to describe a process of tilling the earth and the equipment that did the work. The French word sounded very similar to Hearse of English.
The Term REHERCE means litterally to re-harrow. Figuratively speaking, it means to cover the same ground.
Jeff "Dug in" Watkins
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